Fred Destin @fdestin
Founder @Stride_VC. Thriving on Chaos. Lead VC on @hofy @cazoouk @pillpack @deliveroo @zoopla @integralads @currencycloud etc. stride.vc London, Europe Joined July 2007-
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Many many years ago, I learnt Hebrew out of curiosity, and in a bid to penetrate into a world that I once thought was evil and conspiring against Arabs and Muslims. Once in, I was surprised how wrong I was, how wrong almost every Arab and Muslim around me was. These days, I watch…
And now for something completely different (just don't know what it is ;-)) linkedin.com/posts/freddest…
1/ From insiders close to war cabinet I learned this wk 1—horrific tragic loss of innocent lives unfairly in a time/place of WAR is real, will grow + will be terribly painful + sad 2 Israel military will be unprecedented intense + unyielding to public or foreign pressure…
People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It…
"Life punishes the vague walk and rewards the specific question" - @tferriss in other words don't ask people to do the work of clarifying what you want for you. Ask uncommonly clear questions and you will get amazing answers.
This is a pretty clear articulation of Russian Imperialism cc @DavidSacks
This is a pretty clear articulation of Russian Imperialism cc @DavidSacks
Two of our best founders are 20 on the one hand, fifty on the other. Both operate beautifully, differently. What I like most about startups: there are no rules.
This is great news for pure play seed funds like @stride_vc ... because it is generally true (with the caveat that it's hard to parse strong signal at seed).
This is great news for pure play seed funds like @stride_vc ... because it is generally true (with the caveat that it's hard to parse strong signal at seed).
You may want to heed warnings from one of the people who built it...
You may want to heed warnings from one of the people who built it...
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Welcome to the @stride_vc partnership @lzakarauskaite 🔥🎸🤙 linkedin.com/posts/freddest…
ANYTHING unexpected in a transaction? Talk, don’t write.
A key to better relationships to yourself & others: - feel everything deeply - sit with those feelings & process them slowly - unpack what they are telling you in the most honest way possible Exactly what most men are taught *not to do* from a young age.
Sometimes I want to shoot myself in the head or I vomit in my mouth slightly: This is often a result of .... 🤮 Board meeting DRIFT 🔫 a.k.a. "start with good intentions, end up with 70 slides anyways". FIGHT THE FLAB📢 Startup Life is too short for useless meetings 💪🔥
Just wanted to share that when I asked my daughter what she was doing she just said "queuing for spoons" and I feel like the transition to Britishness is DONE and I still don't know how to feel about that 😅
We've got a solid startup representative body here in the UK and we should all be supporting @Dom_Hallas and crew. COADED is now @StartupCltn.
We've got a solid startup representative body here in the UK and we should all be supporting @Dom_Hallas and crew. COADED is now @StartupCltn.
London Startup Runners! Time to SIGN UP for our joyous SeedRun 5K - Thu June 8 at 5.30PM in Regent's Park + drinks at @stride_vc HQ. Join 70+ fellow startuppers led by @HPY . Neck Oil and Moretti on tap! Supporting @1kprojectorg seedrun.co.uk/en/page_163564…
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Many many years ago, I learnt Hebrew out of curiosity, and in a bid to penetrate into a world that I once thought was evil and conspiring against Arabs and Muslims. Once in, I was surprised how wrong I was, how wrong almost every Arab and Muslim around me was. These days, I watch…
@hahussain Thank you for your continued, thoughtful, articulate posts about this ultra-polarized situation and issue. Your intellectual honesty is amazing during these times of hate and division.
@fdestin Great move! If you need a quiet place to think come to the northern Italian mountains and nature 🏔️
@fdestin Applaud the courage taken to pause and reflect. Wish you the very best and hoping serendipity plays its part 🫶
@fdestin Good move Fred, and well done for everything you’ve achieved to date♟️
@fdestin @dylankbuckley It’s not often that the whole asset class does though. 🤷♂️ pitchbook.com/news/reports/q… There was a time (2006) when venture backing was linked to outperforming IPOs: jstor.org/stable/43503490
Israel vs. a Death Cult Here are three critical considerations that must be understood about the current Israel-Hamas conflict. It is a sort of half-war. It consists of a military trying to defeat an organized clique of passive-aggressive, media-obsessed tribal murderers. It is…
A huge thanks again to @fdestin @stride_vc for hosting us!
Love, just love how fast @RecordedFuture AI is to get me summaries
@HarryStebbings @jasonlk @kwharrison13 Solo GP (plus small fund size) is the best accountability mechanism in VC
People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It…
As an investor, deals are like customers. Best way to get new customers is to make the experience for your existing insanely good. They will refer the highest quality next customer. So stop all the BS networking, coffees BS and spend more time with “customers”. 🔥
My thoughts are with friends, family, and colleagues in Israel today. Many have been or will be called up to the reserves. Some have family and friends that have been directly affected by the horrific attacks in southern Israel today. May we all reach better, more peaceful times.
Dianne Feinstein advice: Earn your spurs. Work hard. Do something to make the world a better place. And, most critically: “Always pack a black pantsuit
I love our new vercel.com/contact page. We used to give you 4 options, now down to 2. Deleting stuff > adding stuff
My statement on the sentencing of Scientologist Danny Masterson: "Sitting in court today with the women who survived Danny Masterson's predation was a surreal experience. Over the past seven decades, former Scientologists have sadly become used to Scientology using its…
@fdestin Oh yes possibly. My use case is similar to google docs, and I think in that it just adds a lot of friction instead of making life easy.
Always more than one way to get things done.
Two of our best founders are 20 on the one hand, fifty on the other. Both operate beautifully, differently. What I like most about startups: there are no rules.